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This thesis is an autoethnographic exploration of my dialectic cultural identity negotiation . Utilizing autoethnographic inquiry through the use of autoethnographic episodic narratives and Martin and Nakayama’s (2004 ) notion of cultural dialectics , I explore the contradictions that occur between the identities of critical scholar , Christian , and heterosexual white male . This study serves to build upon autoethnographic and cultural identity scholarship , specifically scholarship that interrogates the social , cultural , and political systems of power such that of white heteronormative privilege . I carry out this examination by evocatively sharing my experiences with the hope that readers will be able to know themselves in a deeper manner , as interrogating yourself in this manner is the first step toward true social change (McIntosh , 1988 ) . |